The suspected kangaroo — we add a caveat because it could well be a wallaby instead — has been seen "numerous times" over the past week or so, according to Agence France-Presse.

An unnamed local police officer in Hellmonsodt spoke to AFP, saying: "We have called all the zoos and kangaroo breeders around us, but no one is missing a kangaroo. We hope the owner will come forward."

"It sounds unbelievable, but it's true," the officer said.

Over the weekend, Ferdinand Kaineder shared a video on Instagram of a kangaroo hopping over a green field. The video, Kaineder said, was recorded by Thomas Kaufmann in nearby Kirchschlag bei Linz in Upper Austria.